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Grant-maintained Schools
Mr. Robert Banks:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many primary schools in England and Wales have opted into grant-maintained status; and what are the average league tables scores for (a) grant-maintained schools and (b) schools under local education authority control. [20675]
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Mrs. Gillan:
There are now 486 grant-maintained primary schools in England. Pupil attainments are generally higher in GM schools than LEA schools; details of their relative performance in national curriculum assessments and GCSE examinations are given in the following tables.
| English | Mathematics | Science | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key stage 1 | TA | Test | TA | Test | TA | Test |
| LEA schools | 79 | -- | 82 | 82 | 84 | -- |
| Reading | 78 | 78 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Writing | 76 | 80 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Speaking and listening | 82 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| GM schools | 85 | -- | 86 | 87 | 88 | -- |
| Reading | 84 | 84 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Writing | 82 | 85 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Speaking and listening | 85 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
TA = teacher assessment.
Test = national test.
| English | Mathematics | Science | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 | TA | Test | TA | Test | TA | Test |
| LEA schools | 60 | 57 | 60 | 54 | 65 | 62 |
| GM schools | 64 | 63 | 64 | 60 | 69 | 68 |
TA = teacher assessment.
Test = national test.
| English | Mathematics | Science | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key stage 3 | TA | Test | TA | Test | TA | Test |
| LEA schools | 60 | 56 | 61 | 56 | 59 | 55 |
| GM schools | 68 | 65 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 65 |
TA= teacher assessment.
Test = national test.
| GCSE passes | 5 A+-C | 5 A+-G | 1+ A-G |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4A: all schools | |||
| LEA schools | 40.6 | 87.1 | 93.4 |
| GM schools | 50.1 | 91.1 | 95.3 |
| 4B: comprehensive schools only | |||
| LEA comprehensives | 40.0 | 87.0 | 93.3 |
| GM comprehensives | 46.4 | 91.1 | 95.6 |
Football Pools Industry
Mr. Parry:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate she has made of the change in the number of jobs in the football pools industry in (a) Liverpool and (b) Merseyside since the national lottery was established; and if she will make a statement. [20769]
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Mr. Paice:
The Government are aware that some jobs are being lost in the football pools industry on Merseyside. We naturally regret job losses in any sector of the economy. While jobs will inevitably disappear as markets change in a successful and vibrant economy they will be replaced by new jobs providing new products and services. On balance, over 900,000 extra jobs have been created in Britain over the last four years, and unemployment on Merseyside has fallen by nearly 30,000. A wide range of employment and training measures is available to help those who lose their jobs take advantage of the employment growth currently taking place in the UK.
Customer Charters
Mr. Donohoe: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department and its executive agencies have spent drafting, publishing and circulating each of their customer charters and customer standard documents; and how many copies of each document have been issued. [19382]
Sir John Wheeler: Seven charters and 25 charter standard statements have been published by Government Departments and agencies in Northern Ireland. The table gives details of the cost of publication and circulation of the charters and charter statements and the number issued in each case. Individual public service organisations are responsible for producing and distributing their own charters for those who use their services. The table shows costs of production and distribution in so far as they are available centrally.
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Ceasefire
Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what savings to public funds he estimates occurred as a result of the IRA ceasefire; and if he will indicate where these sums were spent, breaking the figures down by heading. [19363]
Sir John Wheeler: Following the provisional IRA and loyalist ceasefires, the 1994 Northern Ireland public expenditure survey identified some £180 million over the period 1995-96 to 1997-98 which could be prudently reallocated from the plans for the law and order budget. The 1995 survey identified a further £106 million which could be reallocated from the Police Authority for Northern Ireland grant over the period 1996-97 to 1998-99. In addition to the survey changes, it was possible to release a further £12 million and £13 million during 1994-95 and 1995-96 respectively, largely from the PANI grant.
Resources reallocated from law and order, together with other easements internal to the Northern Ireland block, are included in an undifferentiated pool of resources available for reallocation within the block. Moreover, the pool of resources is also affected by external changes driven by national fiscal policy--that is, the Northern Ireland totals were reduced in the 1994 survey and increased in the 1995 survey. Consequently, while it is not possible to identify allocations to individual programmes as coming specifically from law and order, it is a fact that the totals allocated to Northern Ireland programmes, other than those from which the law and order savings were withdrawn, were enhanced by the value of those savings.
As a result of the breakdown of the PIRA ceasefire in February 1996, and of major public order problems, some £36 million had to be reallocated back into the PANI grant
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and compensation for 1996-97 and a further £120 million added back in the 1996 survey, covering the plans for the period 1997-98 to 1998-00.
Dr. Hendron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers have been injured while policing the protest at Harryville chapel.[19830]
Sir John Wheeler:
Ten police officers have been injured while policing the protests at Harryville.
Dr. Hendron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers have been deployed at the Harryville chapel protest over the past 26 weekends. [19832]
Sir John Wheeler:
The average number of police officers deployed at Harryville chapel at weekends since Saturday 14 September 1996 is 180.
Dr. Hendron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people (a) from and (b) from outside the Ballymena area have been arrested or cautioned over incidents related to the protest at Harryville chapel. [19831]
Sir John Wheeler:
Twenty persons from the Ballymena area have been arrested in relation to incidents at Harryville chapel. One arrest has been made from outside Ballymena sub-division.
Dr. Hendron:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the cost of the policing operation at Harryville chapel in Ballymena for the past 26 weekends. [19829]
Sir John Wheeler:
The cost of the policing operation at Harryville chapel from Saturday 14 September 1996 to Saturday 1 March 1997 has been calculated at £984,000, including all police manpower and associated costs.
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